How is Trump weakening American power? Let me count the ways
This opinion piece argues that Donald Trump's foreign policy, particularly regarding the conflict in the Middle East, is weakening American global influence. The author contends that strategic blunders and a refusal to follow expert advice have led to increased costs, loss of allied confidence, and diminished US stature.
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It highlights growing international concern regarding the efficacy of current US foreign policy and its long-term impact on global stability.
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Share A A A The US remains immensely powerful. Yet, week by week, Donald Trump is exposing the limits of its power.
Of course, he’s not doing it deliberately. He does it unwittingly through blunder, bluster and bad strategy. On his current trajectory, he will leave America weaker than he found it in three ways, with urgent questions now arising about a fourth.
Illustration by Dionne Gain Most glaring is Trump’s failure at arms. He is being “humiliated” by a much smaller rival, as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has remarked.
His supposed “two to four weeks” war against Iran is approaching six months. By refusing to countenance the expert advice of his generals, he handed control of the Strait of Hormuz to his enemy.
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